F.

Faenza, Captain Justino, 333.

Falcons, 18, 127, 267, 341.

Falmouth, 354.

-, letters dated from, 387, 389, 390.

-, Mayor of, 389, 390.

Fanning, Clement, 123.

Fano, Cardinal di, 163, 169, 170.

-, -, impriśonment of his secretary, 329.

-, -, his death, 365.

Fantuccio, Papal Nuncio in Venice, see Cariata, Bishop of.

Fayer, Mr. William, 326.

Farnari, 159.

Farnese, Alessandro, Cardinal, 118, 123, 132, 170, 186, 223, 247, 310.

-, House of, 188, 247.

-, Orazio, Duke of Castro, 271.

-, Ottavio, Duke of Camerino, Parma, and Piacenza, 47, 57, 207, 208, 247, 249, 271, 274, 288, 309, 318, 342, 343, 365, 366, 367.

-, -, appointed French General in Tuscany, 196.

-, -, his son (Alessandro Farnese), 271, 274.

-, Piero Luigi, Duke of Parma and Piacenza, his assassination, 247.

-, Pietro Ludovico, 130.

Felisiano, 196, 203.

Felizes, M. de, Knight Commander of Malta, 292.

Fentzel, Lawrence, citizen of Dantzic, 19, 23, 127, 152.

Ferdinand, King of the Romans, 1, 8, 25, 50, 82, 93, 94, 118, 127, 140, 157, 167, 169, 175, 179, 189, 225, 274, 292, 335, 380, 388, 391, 392, 397.

-, -, sends aid to Nuremberg, 4.

-, -, proposes a truce to the Sultan, 16.

-, -, his reception of the English Envoy, 51.

-, -, holds a diet, 53.

-, -, his Ambassador to England, see Castilla, Pedro Lasso de.

-, -, his truce with the Sultan, 90, 92, 94.

-, -, menaced with war by the Sultan, 180, 181.

-, -, demands the opinion of his States as to Transylvania, 208.

-, -, his sons, 290.

-, -, his truce with the Sultan, 389.

-, -, elected Emperor of Germany, 367, 374.

-, the Archduke, see Austria, Ferdinand, Archduke of.

-, (the Catholic), King of Spain, 113.

Fere en Tartenois, 191, 299.

Feria, Count of, see Figueroa, Gomez Suarez de.

Fermo, 297, 312, 315.

Fernandez, Admiral Juan de, letter from, 406.

Feron, Jean, 67.

Ferrante, see Gonzaga, Fernando di.

Ferrara, 128, 129, 186, 207, 233, 298, 310, 320, 322, 388.

-, Prince of, see Este, Alfonso d', Prince of Ferrara.

-, Cardinal of, see Este, Hippolyto d'.

-, Duke of, see Este, Hercules d.'

-, Ambassador of in England, 177; see Monte Cuculo.

-, Renata, Duchess of, 126, 128.

-, Ambassador of in France, 192, 263, 276, 306.

-, Ambassadors of (in Brussels). 199.

-, Ambassador of in Rome, 291, 370.

-, duchy of, 296.

-, intelligence dated from, 297, 323.

Ferrarese in Milan, 298.

Ferrarien, Signor Barnardino, 70.

Feuda Ecclesiæ, 113.

Fienes, Richard, seventh Lord Say and Sele, 121.

Fiennes, 65, 158.

-, the Captain of, 65.

Figueroa, Don Juan de, one of the Emperor's Privy Council, 94, 99, 207, 208, 387, 389, 390.

-, -, letter from, 389.

- (y Cordova), Gomez Suarez de, Count and Duke de Feria, 360, 368, 393, 400, 401, 405.

Fillek (Transylvania), 134.

Fishing, right of, in the Tweed, 17, 18.

Fitz-Alan Henry, twenty-first Earl of Arundel, 107, 110, 173, 395, 396, 405.

-, -, letters from, 397, 398, 400, 401, 402, 404, 405.

-, -, letters and instructions to, 396, 398, 406.

-, -, commission to, 45.

-, -, Henry, Lord Maltravers (son of Henry, Earl of Arundel), 107.

-, -, his death, 242, 245.

Fitz Gerald, James Fitz John, fifteenth Earl of Desmond, obligation by, 391.

Fitzwalter, Viscount, see Ratcliffe, Thomas.

Fitzwarren, Lord, see Bourchier, John, 107.

Fitzwilliam, Bryan, 66, 267, 283.

-, -, letter from, 178.

-, -, makes his submission to Queen Mary, 178.

Fiumesino, 312.

Five Ports, see Cinque Ports.

Flaminio, Marco Antonio, his works declared heretical, 391.

Flanders, 1, 32, 47, 93, 102, 118, 182, 213, 240, 241, 245, 262, 271, 299, 316, 321, 350, 364, 367, 370, 380, 384, 387, 388, 390, 397.

-, English loans in, 26, 27, 31, 32, 152, 181, 182.

-, gunpowder exported from to England, 56, 57, 98.

-, soldiers from, 93.

-, invaded by the French, 34, 89, 95, 96, 102, 103, 108, 114, 116.

-, states of, 119, 156, 190, 206, 209, 211, 213.

-, exportation of grain from, 159, 207.

-, nobles of, 211.

-, ship of, taken by the French, 303.

-, Regent of, see Hungary, Mary Queen Dowager of.

-, Vice Admiral of, see Bourgogne, Adolphe de.

Flandres, Louis de, Seigneur de Praet, 75.

-, -, his death, 189.

Fle, the, 359.

Flechamer, Thomas, and Co., 42, 193.

Flemings, the, 69, 70, 88, 121.

Flemish ship, taken by the French, 18, 23.

-, money, 45, 48, 49, 384, 400.

-, great ships, 55.

-, ships of war, 71.

- hoys, 121.

-, ship taken by pirates, 231.

- ship taken into Falmouth, 354.

-, stivers, 379, 384.

Fleur de lys, French ship, 299.

Fleynzorn, Martin, of Antwerp, 371, 374.

Florebello, Antonio, 156.

Florence, 101, 104, 106, 128, 137, 159, 163, 287, 340, 341.

Florence, letters and papers dated from, 9, 56, 214, 343.

-, Duke of, see Medici, Cosmo de'.

-, Duchess of (Eleonora de Toledo), 106.

-, Ambassador of to England, 90, 107, 119.

-, letter of the Councillors of, 214.

-, Ambassador of in Rome, 321.

Florentine soldiers, 12, 20.

-, Ambassador in Rome, 291, 331.

- - in Brussels, 394.

Florentines, the, 63, 96, 132.

-, defeated by Petro Strozzi, 73.

Florentiola, 288.

Florins, 54, 57, 384.

Flower, William, Norroy King at Arms, commission to, 312.

Flushing, 383, 385, 386.

Flying Hart, ship of Ostend, 18, 23.

Fœdus Egrense, 10.

Fondi, 252.

Fontaine Bleau, 24, 47, 69, 73, 166, 241, 244, 273, 373.

-, -, letters dated at, 40, 55, 66, 161, 233.

Forgers of money, 190.

Forment, Pierre, letter to, 359.

Forsete, Captain, 64.

Fortification, newly invented, 209.

Fossa, 323.

Fossano, 180, 203, 299.

-, Captain of, see Trinità, M. della.

-, intelligence from, 315.

Framlingham, 178.

France, 58, 61, 67, 68, 86, 88, 94, 96, 126, 128, 131, 143, 213, 270, 298, 312, 322.

-, exportation of goods from, 3.

-, danger of war between, and England, 53, 55.

-, King of, see Henry II.

-, Queen of, see Catherine de Medici.

-, Council of, see Council in France.

-, Constable of, see Montmorency, Anne, Duc de.

-, intercourse of with Scotland, 73, 76, 80.

-, Dauphin of, see Francis, afterward King of France; Francis, Duc de Bretagne.

-, Admiral of, see Coligny, Gaspard de.

-, Isle of, governorship of, 263.

Francis, Dauphin, afterwards Francis II., King of France, 122, 240, 273, 277, 282, 298, 303.

-, -, proposed marriage of with Mary Queen of Scots, 166.

-, -, his marriage contract, 371.

Francis, Duc de Bretagne, Dauphin (deceased 1536), 47.

Francis I., King of France (deceased 1547), 395, 403.

Franconia, 127.

Françoys, Master Alexander le, 235.

Frangipani, Jeronimo, 136.

Frankfort (on the Maine), 383.

-, Diet at, 119, 121, 124, 126, 127, 144, 145.

-, -, proceedings of Recess of, 366.

- paper dated from, 366.

Frascati, 254, 269, 321.

Frasineto, 180.

Frederic I., King of Denmark (deceased 1533). 173, 200.

Fregoso, Aurelio, 178, 247, 252, 333.

French Ambassador at Venice, 19, 58, 129, 377, 387.

- - in Constantinople 164.

- - in Hungary, 168.

- - at Rome, 228.

- - to the Sultan, see Raimond, M. de.

- - in Switzerland, extracts of letters from, 94.

French Court, 64, 66, 69, 79, 115.

- -, letters from, 62.

French, the, 30, 62, 75, 77, 80, 86, 88, 126, 154, 155, 157, 158, 166, 174, 183, 185, 191, 209, 210, 214.

-, in Italy, 2, 6, 7, 10, 11, 19, 20, 26, 29, 30, 33, 36, 41, 56, 63, 86, 90, 96, 104, 105, 111, 116, 117, 124, 127, 132, 133, 140, 143, 145, 147, 148, 152, 153, 155, 159, 161, 164, 166, 169, 170, 175, 176, 178, 180, 181, 185, 191, 195, 196, 197, 198, 201, 202, 203, 205, 211, 238, 239, 244, 246, 247, 248, 249, 259, 262, 263, 266, 269, 270.

-, at war with Charles V., 9.

-, take possession of Corsica, 10, 11, 14, 16.

-, murders committed by, near Guisnes, 31.

-, murder by, at Caussey, 31.

-, in Scotland, 43, 58, 66, 67, 80, 146, 151, 166.

-, threaten Guisnes, 57.

-, spoils committed by on the English, 81.

-, their defence of Corsica, 29, 53, 128, 169.

-, invade Flanders, 34, 89, 95, 96, 98, 99, 100, 102, 103, 108, 110, 112, 114, 116, 136.

-, in England, complaint of, 66, 73, 81.

-, their warlike preparations, 209.

-, their character as soldiers, 282.

French soldiers, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 20, 26, 29, 53, 63, 66, 94, 152, 175, 178, 271.

- crowns, 25, 40, 42, 43, 44, 45, 48, 54.

- peasants, 30.

- naval officers, 52.

- ships plundered by the English, 61, 66, 73, 77, 88.

French ship, captured by Flemings, 70, 71.

-, ships at Calais, 71.

-, vessels in the English channel, 84.

-, ordnance captured by the Imperialists, 87, 88.

-, Captains, punished for cowardice, 108.

-, camp in Flanders, 108.

-, ships taken by pirates, 231, 237.

-, gallies, 232, 269, 270, 295, 296, 308, 313, 340.

- -, Captain of, 254.

-, merchants, see Merchants.

French ships of war, 18, 55, 64, 66, 67, 88, 160.

- -, in the Mediterranean, 13, 16, 20, 41, 42, 53, 97, 101, 118, 152, 160, 181, 182.

- - in the English channel, 315.

Frenchmen, 30.

Frere, Cardinal Alexandrinus à, 313, 317, 322, 323, 345.

Fresneda, Bernardo de, Archbishop of Toledo, 214, 387, 389.

- -, created a Cardinal, 203.

-, -, letters from, 364, 365, 390, 391.

-, -, letter to, 363.

Friars, Black, Proctor General of, 254.

Friesland, 100, 173, 175.

Frieslanders, the, 93.

Frieze, 286.

Fringer, Barbara, 349.

-, Rodrigo, 349.

-, Lucas, 349.

Friuli, 233.

Froissart, Chronicles of, 239.

Frosinone, 246, 254, 262, 333.

Froyton, 354, 355.

Fugger, Anthony, 87, 156.

-, -, contract with, 87.

-, -, his nephews, contract with, 87.

Fuggers, the, of Augsburg, 25, 28, 32, 39.